I really enjoyed Iceage's new album, which is punk in the most literal sense. Also, the best thing (IMO) about punk was the fact that it encouraged people to pick up instruments and start bands, regardless of their technical ability. It broke down barriers and completely turned the record industry on its head. The instant access culture we're living in, in which anyone can create music in their bedroom and make it immediately available to the entire world, is a continuation of that theme, and proof that the ethos and spirit of punk is still alive and well.
I really enjoyed Iceage's new album, which is punk in the most literal sense. Also, the best thing (IMO) about punk was the fact that it encouraged people to pick up instruments and start bands, regardless of their technical ability. It broke down barriers and completely turned the record industry on its head. The instant access culture we're living in, in which anyone can create music in their bedroom and make it immediately available to the entire world, is a continuation of that theme, and proof that the ethos and spirit of punk is still alive and well.
^ more or less this. _________________ A dick that's bigger than the sun.
Do we need to bring up the old Real Life Non Fiction thread, started by the one-and-only Musicmantsu? Luckily this was actually an earnest question, and Lethal gave a great response, so hopefully this will turn out better than that shitstorm...
Anyways, punk is only dead if you take it in the literal sense, or just view it from the perspective of the bands that started in it's infancy. Punk really is more of an idea than a musically-defined genre, the idea of essentially going against the norm or what the status quo definition of music, and how it can be composed and communicated, has traditionally been defined. Its more than angry kids bashing out three chords; from post-punk to no-wave to the original alternative-rock to post-rock to electronica, it's spirit has endured even if its initial style has changed over time, keeping with it's progressive nature against constantly changing times and musical fads.
We have all become more apathetic and fat... so we don't care about the Punk cause anymore, as a whole... but then again, I guess we never really did, as a whole.
It died some time around 1981 I think. Another great era sadly died a death. You can't really take any modern day punk bands seriously now or compare them to The Pistols or The Clash!
But we certainly need something like the punk era to happen again now as the charts are rubbish!
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Is punk dead? When did it die? Should we care at all?
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